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  1. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Funny that I've always used chicken tractors with wire on the bottom and have never once in 2 years had a case of bumblefoot. I've been looking for the evidence and cannot find any. It seems to be just a matter of personal opinion. My experience suggests otherwise though. I'll continue to use...
  2. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Good thing I move the tractors often and I advise anyone else to do the same. I've never once in 4 years had a bumblefoot incident. Thank goodness for that. I free range as well, so they're not on the wire all day long. Only if I spy hawks do I keep them confined, but even when I do~ no sores...
  3. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    We build chicken tractors, hence the wire. Our coops are meant to be portable. The wire does not hurt their feet at all. I thought the same thing when my husband first started building them, but it doesn't hurt their feet. I check on them every day so I'd know if something was wrong.. i know a...
  4. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Hey there! Just a friendly word of advice from someone who learned the hard way. (unless there already is some there, but I didn't see it) You should put some wire or something on the floor to keep critters from digging a tunnel into your coop at night. Weasels, racoons, fox, all kinds of...
  5. ChickadeeNMe

    Got fake silkies

    Wow! The white one with black look very much like my easter egger, but mine doesn't have feathered feet! Whatever they are, they're gorgeous! This is my easter egger, Sansa. See the resemblance?
  6. ChickadeeNMe

    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    Thank you! Me too! I will post some photos when I know for sure! Maybe it'll help someone else out with sexing wyandottes. I really think they are all pullets though because their combs and wattles are not really forming yet (maybe very little) and they are light colored, not red. I hope I'm...
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

  8. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    They're pretty well ventilated. There are vent windows that are covered with hardware cloth from the inside, but open up to allow for more circulation and could be left closed for cold weather. There are vents on all the coops. It depends on the color of the metal too. You wouldn't want to use a...
  9. ChickadeeNMe

    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    They did! I kept the temperature at about 100 the whole time. Other than a few minor spikes above and below by 1/2 degree, it was consistently 100. It's beginners luck! Ha! I have 12 bantam eggs incubating, 5 under a broody silkie, and 7 in my incubator. We'll see how lucky I get this time! :-)
  10. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    I wouldn't call us commercial though. Hehe, we're more like a small, family business. We haven't figured out how to ship them, so we're local (Knoxville, TN). We do have folks that drive a good ways, even 450 miles one way, to pick them up. We deliver also. I don't like the idea of the "kits"...
  11. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    The run is actually constructed with 1 5/8" by 1 5/8", but they are very very solid. I almost believe you could park a car on top of one of our runs! I tried to take a better photo of part of the run.
  12. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

  13. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Thank you! We have heard that some of our customers have configured them to be pulled by tractors and/or lawn mowers, but I don't know exactly how. I could ask my husband. He builds them. I have a photo somewhere of a tractor pulling one, so I know it can be done.
  14. ChickadeeNMe

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    We are a local family business building chicken tractors in Knoxville, TN. We're called Smoky Mountain Chicken Tractors. Just thought I'd share a few photos of our work! I use 3 of the tractors myself for my own flock! It started out as a personal thing, built a tractor for our own use, but got...
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    No! That's why it's so hard for me to believe they're all pullets. I think they're pullets too, but have had a couple people say a couple are cockerels.... I hatched them in my incubator! The last 3 chicks I got were 3 for 3 pullets too, so if these are pullets, i must be lucky! I think I'll go...
  16. ChickadeeNMe

    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    Hey folks! I have 4 beautiful wyandotte chicks that are 11 weeks old. I swear they all look like pullets to me, but I doubt I got that lucky. I just wondered if anyone else might be able to tell! This is all 4, well call them 1, 2, 3, and 4 from left to right. Below is another photo of chick 1...
  17. ChickadeeNMe

    Local Custom Coops. (Smokey Mountain Chicken Tractors)

    Hey folks! I stumbled across this thread on accident. Just wanted to say that the wire that's on the bottom of these coops is not the same as the wire that's on the top. The bottom wire is 1" galvanized poultry mesh and it doesn't bother the chickens feet at all. Tested it and my chickens are...
  18. ChickadeeNMe

    Egg turner not turning very well

    It's a Farm Innovator 4200. The kind that came with the incubator. It's only turning all the way to the right and during the time it should be turning left, it sits the eggs straight up. It doesn't turn left.I'm watching it like a hawk to make sure, but if it's in fact not working, I'll have to...
  19. ChickadeeNMe

    Egg turner not turning very well

    Hey folks. I just noticed something while checking humidity and temperature in my bater. My egg turner turns all the way one way to the right, but when it's supposed to turn left, it just stands the eggs straight up. Is this normal? It's the first incubator I've ever owned with an egg turner, so...
  20. ChickadeeNMe

    Moving 10 1/2 week old "babies" outside in the winter

    Thank you so much!! I have removed the light, but there is a wall heater next to their box. I'll turn it off and gradually get them used to cooler environment. I'm off to a good start. THANKS!!!
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